Across
1 Ditch fish in river? On the contrary (6)
4 Time for example consumed by random plan (8)
9 Protest in error about railway (6)
10 Eccentric joke, best around (8)
12 Author of tales with exhausted villain possessing one unknown power (7,6)
14 Famous sign of assent to protect tribe’s borders (5)
15 Brief record, hot gem mostly (9)
17 Wine waiter right after start of meal in a certain lounge (9)
19 Film to follow while making jelly (5)
21 Learner in tangled web overdrawn in dystopian novel (5,3,5)
24 Private signal (8)
25 Move restlessly following identification and capture (6)
26 Predicted worry about ring, antique (8)
27 Drink during supper, no doubt (6)
Down
1 Player isn’t robot designed to cover miles (10)
2 Passage further north of court (7)
3 Case in which vehicle goes over top of roof? (9)
5 Bought red car, newly equipped to be more powerful (12)
6 Racecourse firm in days gone by, not soft (5)
7 Ruler with energy, politician with heartless delusion (7)
8 Legendary creature still on island (4)
11 Fellows supporting one in authority with a line that’s tentative (12)
13 Very happy about central element in inquiry detectives explained (10)
16 New mail he sorted at the same time (9)
18 Medium crustacean, not large? Criminal (7)
20 Standard earlier name for model (7)
22 Acknowledge commercial with mass appeal (5)
23 Able to rise above loud argument (4)
